§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list each major new computer system that(a) his Department, (b) non-departmental bodies and (c) agencies under his responsibility have purchased in the last five years; what was the initial purchase cost and what was the final cost; what was each system's (i) planned and (ii) actual date of commissioning; what major computer systems will be purchased by bodies in categories (a), (b) and (c) in the next financial year; and what is their estimated cost. [27847]
§ Mr. DewarThe information for my Department and its agencies is set out in the table. Computer systems with a capital cost of under £250,000 have been excluded. The costs shown are capital purchase cost including VAT. Information relating to NDPBs is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Computer systems commissioned since 1993–94 Purchase cost (£) Planned commissioning date Actual commissioning date Office Automation for Private Office 512,000 April 1995 April 1995 Office Automation for Social Work Services Group 473,000 August 1996 August 1996 Office Automation for Victoria Quay 1,610,000 September 1995 November 1995 Pentland House Office Automation Infrastructure 654,000 April 1996 April 1996 Quota Management IT System 473,000 July 1996 July 1996 Records Management—Computerisation of Central Registries 591,000 March 1998 March 1998 Statistical Software Licences 850,000 December 1993 December 1993 Agriculture Grants Payments System (SIACS) 94 3,798,000 December 1993 December 1993 SIACS 95 1,490,000 December 1994 December 1994 SIACS 96 1,198,000 December 1995 December 1995 SIACS 97 1,926,000 December 1996 December 1996 SIACS BSE & Beef Premium Scheme 1,118,000 July 1996 July 1996 SIACS Development Servers 310,000 May 1996 July 1996 SIACS Upgrades 1,260,000 October 1997 October 1997 SIACS Management Information System 595,000 September 1997 March 1998 Agencies Historic Scotland Financial Management Information System 500,000 April 1995 April 1995 Registers of Scotland Computerised Sasines 365,000 June 1993 July 1993 Registers of Scotland Digital Mapping 499,000 November 1994 December 1994 Registers of Scotland Land Register System 509,000 January 1995 February 1995 Registers of Scotland Search Sheet Imaging 1,175,000 June 1997 August 1997 Student Grants System for Student Awards Agency 2,566,000 April 1997 April 1997 Scottish Prisons Computer System (SPIN) 6,000,000 December 1994 January 1995 Ongoing Projects New Pension Admin System for Teachers and the NHS 1,300,000 July 1998 July 1998 SIACS 98 324,000 December 1997 December 1997/ through 1998 Field Identification System for Arable Grants 1,772,000 through 1998 Planned Purchases for Financial Year 1998–99 Agriculture Environment Cross Check System 11,000,000 — — Registers of Scotland Direct Access System 11,790,000 — — Registers of Scotland Finance/Executive Information System 1400,000 — — 1 Estimated cost.